I'm doing "blogmas" which is a post everyday until Christmas. No purpose, really, but it'd be fun! I chose the prompts that seemed more fun and added my own little topics in there. If you're up for it, do it, too! You can go about each post however you like and in whatever way you so choose (doesn't even have to be the ones listed up there)!
It starts tomorrow! I'm excited (and can't believe how quick December came!)
A L I T T L E L I F E U P D A T E + C H R I S T M A S D E C O R
Sorry that all of my posts have been nothing but Christmas, but the season is upon us, y'all!
Christmas has officially gone up in our little room because I was getting antsy (pretty much) with my Christmas decor just chillin' in my closet. Haha! After having raided the dollar section of Target and accumulating loads of wrapping paper, all my Christmas wrapping and decorating is finished. Yep, finished. A little early, buuuut we might be spending the end of December packing this room up, so it only made sense to start early. I'm excited as this will the first Christmas that Jeffrey and I get to spend together as husband and wife, but it's also sad because we won't even get a Christmas here with my in-laws (since we'll be heading back to GA for the holidays). However, it's truly been a sweet season; one where we have felt so stinkin' spoiled and cared for which is partially the reason why I feel like I'm not yet ready to leave this place. I mean, I was just starting to get comfortable, dude! It's great though because I was able to spend a time here with my in-laws and I'm glad to say that I have a relationship with them which is exactly what I wanted. #thankful
N O W F O R T H E L I F E U P D A T E :
We've talked over and over again about the day that we'd actually leave this place and Jeffrey always believed that it'd be by the new year and it just blows my mind to think that the time is coming. Just today, he asked me if I was nervous and I told him that it probably wouldn't hit me until the night before they install him into the church. Ha! Y'all, we're movvvving. Crazy, exciting, nerve-wracking, humbling, a little overwhelming. That's kinda been my life lately. I was thinking the other day about what an opportunity this is and how such an opportunity is with much responsibility. I feel completely inadequate and incapable and the truth is ... I really am, but I so boast in that in hopes that it continue to magnify Jesus all the more. This is a door that He's opened for us so we are on board and want to walk obediently and in faith.
A couple weekends ago, Jeffrey and I made a 4-hr trip to join the Legacy church in Milwaukee and we loved them even though it was just as nerve-wracking. These guys are so much older than us, but turns out, they were just a bunch of family who already knew us before we knew them! I felt like a baby, y'all .... and well, I pretty much was. Nonetheless, a sweet group.
Also, getting to meet up with our old college friends have been a breath of fresh air. It's been encouraging as evvvvver to see our friends from afar and just grinding it out and running this race. Then to come back and be able to encourage each other in all that's going on. It's so neat to see God working and moving in each other's lives. Love these guys and holding them so dear to my heart!
Thanks for the picture, Mai. Haha.
That's pretty much the little update. There is still a lot of unknown things for our future, a lot of things that do really make me feel so ... scared (to plainly put it), but this pushes us to go deeper with the Lord, to trust in Him more, and to keep on walking with Him. I have a lot of peace about this and trust fully in God's sovereignty, in who He says He is, and that when He says He'll never leave nor forsake us, that He means it. How great that we can have this confidence in Him.
Be blessed where the Lord has taken you all today! Love you guys and miss you all incredibly.
Hey y'all! Wanted to share our very first Christmas card with you guys! Mercy took these for us on a cold and rainy Sunday afternoon and we loveeee it. You can't even see the rain! We started with a ton of templates that we liked and literally compared all the way until we ended up with the one that looked best with our photo. When we finally got them in the mail, Jeffrey was probably more excited than I was. He took one and showed it to all of his brothers.
I love sharing "firsts" events with this guy!
Just wanted to wish you all a very happy thanksgiving! This is the first thanksgiving that I'm away from family, but I feel that I'm at a place now where this is home, too and for that I am thankful. Our plans today consist of time in the Word, lots of laughing, catching up with family, eating a turkey, and hitting the mall for Black Friday.
O T H E R T H I N G S I ' M T H A N K F U L F O R . . .
+ Hope that is alive today. Thankful for the cross and this life because of Jesus.
+ Jesus who has provided for our every need - our every need.
+ My husband and this new season upon us. Excited to walk alongside of him and watch him do what God has called him to do.
+ The time we've gotten to spend with our family here in IN.
+ Friendship and the sweetness of community.
+ People who are in prayer for each other.
+ Relationships that continue despite the distance.
O T H E R T H I N G S I ' M T H A N K F U L F O R . . .
+ Hope that is alive today. Thankful for the cross and this life because of Jesus.
+ Jesus who has provided for our every need - our every need.
+ My husband and this new season upon us. Excited to walk alongside of him and watch him do what God has called him to do.
+ The time we've gotten to spend with our family here in IN.
+ Friendship and the sweetness of community.
+ People who are in prayer for each other.
+ Relationships that continue despite the distance.
I know y'all know how much I love Christmas and so to celebrate the fact that it's now November (and Christmas is quickly approaching), I thought I'd add in some inspiration photos that I'm taking from to decorate this holiday season.
I just love Christmas. Some people love Christmas, but I love Christmas. I sound crazy ... and I probably am, but there's something about the holidays that I just love. I enjoy the cool weather and the busyness of people trying to get their holiday shopping done. I love wrapping gifts and giving gifts. I enjoy decorating and just being with family. Everyone's happy and excited. It's just a wonderful time (obviously aside from the true reason we celebrate Christmas itself).
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